Every senior deserves suitable housing.
We treat everyone with dignity.
We work with integrity.
We accept everyone.
SANTA for SENIORS
Thank you so much for your generous support for Santa for Seniors Program in 2018. We received supports from the following retail partners, business communities, and citizens of Goodwill for the benefit of seniors in our community and beyond. We were able to deliver 128 gifts to seniors and donated much needed items to the agencies in our neighbourhood.
And shoppers in our community, THANK YOU for thinking of the seniors over the festive season. Your gift sure cheered their spirits up over the holidays. Some seniors wanted to send you “Thank you” cards as they were so touched. We would like you to know the effect of your kindness.
Our 2018 Partners were:
Save-On-Foods in Sapperton, New Westminster
London Drugs on 6th Street, New Westminster
Your Dollar Store with More on Carnarvon Street, New Westminster
Essence Hair Design on Carnarvon Street, New Westminster
Landcor Data Corporation, New Westminster
Harmony Court, Burnaby
Ladies’ Group, North Vancouver
Century House, New Westminster
Telus Ambassadors, New Westminster
Private Donors
Once again, thank you for your support and we hope to see you again for Santa for Seniors Program in 2019!
Raising the Profile of Community Based Seniors Services in BC
Seniors Services Society sits on the Advisory Board for Raising the profile project, which is celebrating the value of community-based seniors' services in B.C. Are you and/or your organization a signatory to the CBSS Declaration yet? You can read and sign it online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBSSDeclaration
Bus Trips
Free Seniors Legal Advice Clinic
The Seniors First BC (formerly BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support) is now offering a FREE ELDER LAW CLINIC at Seniors Services Society office on 750 Carnarvon Street (across the New Westminster skytrain station).
The clinic is offered the 1st Tuesday of every month from 2pm to 4pm. Please contact Seniors First BC to book an appointment with the elder law clinic at 604-336-5653.
New Westminster Community Resource Card for Seniors
Canada Revenue Agency
Fraudulent emails and phone calls - Please protect yourself!
Don’t get scammed! Beware of fraudsters claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency
Did you get a suspicious email, telephone call, letter or text message claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)? If you’re asked for personal information such as your credit card number, bank account number or passport number, this is a scam.
Keep these facts in mind: The Canada Revenue Agency will never:
- ask for your personal or financial information through an unsolicited email with a link
- ask for any kind of personal information through email or text message
- ask for payment by prepaid credit cards or gift cards
- leave your personal information on an answering machine
- threaten you
Even if these messages may seem convincing, they are scams and you should never respond to them or click on any of their links.
Protect yourself
You can sign up for Account Alerts, CRA’s fraud prevention service. When you sign up through My Account or the MyCRA mobile web app, the CRA will let you know by email if your direct deposit information or your home or mailing address was changed, if mail sent to you by the CRA was returned, and if details about your representative were changed.
If you think you may have been the victim of a tax scam or have been tricked into giving out your personal or financial information, contact your local police as soon as possible because your financial security and personal identity are at risk.
